For anyone like me who has trouble knuckling down and taking care of security tasks, the article on botnets in today's New York Times provides great insights on the threats out there.

Did you click on the link? Not yet? Stop reading this post and go back and check out the article now!

OK - now that you're motivated, here are some things you can do right now to take the security bull by the

Of Joomla's many features, probably the most important -- though least sexy -- is that Joomla combines ease of setup with the level of security required by enterprise users. It's a feature that probably is not even apparent to the casual user. But it's a feature that sets Joomla apart from the many other available content management systems (CMS) - both open source and proprietary.

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Following my October 08, 2008 presentation titled "Joomla Security Nuggets" I have been asked by many for a copy of the presentation. I have decided to make the presentation slides available on this website.

Remember that we only scratched the surface and it is your job to perform your own research to verify and solidify your knowledge.

If you found value, please stay tuned for more in dept

There will be three full sessions on Joomla security at the Denver CMS Expo in December, and judging by the enthusiasm for the topic at the Chicago Expo in May and at Phil DeKoker's presentation to Joomla Chicago just two days ago, these should be some of the best sessions at the event.

Tom Canavan will be leading all three sessions. I attended Tom's session in Chicago in May, and when my

Joomla Chicago member Phil DeKoker gave an excellent presentation on "Security for Joomla" yesterday at the group's monthly meeting.

Phil's presentation provided a deep dive into server configuration and other issues that are critical for Joomla security. Details of the presentation will be posted to the Joomla Chicago site soon. In the meantime, here are a few "tip of the iceberg" suggestions

Ever since I started working at Arc Technology Group, one of my responsibilities has been helping to address the long-term needs of our clients. I quickly concluded that there is a contradiction between the strengths of a web development specialist firm like ours, which focuses on several-month-long projects for fairly complicated new websites, and the occasional needs of established users for a

What operating system do you run Joomla! ? I will refer to the operating system in this blog as a platform.  Due the Open Software that Joomla is built on (Apache, MySql, PHP) Joomla! can run on various platforms.  The Joomla! 1.5 installation manual indicates that Joomla has been tested on Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac OSX.

I would say that 99% of the people I talk to run Joomla! on the Linux